"The Stranger In Me”- Written By Neeta Shah & Aditi Mediratta | Published By Om Books International

"Once you start reading you won’t be able to put the book down till you finish it. The Stranger In Me has special elements. There are a lot of twists in it, the pace of this book is really fast and there is an inner connection between human emotions, there is a possibility that a film could be made on this book."
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui
‘..Yun hota toh kya hota..?’
What life would be if one had chosen differently is the tantalisingly engaging premise of this novel.
It’s a flight of fantasy ala Ghalib, presenting parallel lives in the familiar world of desire.”
- Imtiaz Ali
“A unique story about the stranger in you!
Intriguingly crafted with unpredictable twists, it keeps the reader hooked on!!”
- Prakash Jha
“A brilliant story about confronting and befriending the stranger in you. Simply Irresistible !”
- Salim Merchant (Salim-Sulaiman)
“This fast-paced narrative is a must-read! Gripping. Exhilarating. Extraordinary.”
- Sulaiman Merchant (Salim-Sulaiman)
Synopsis :
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
―William Shakespeare, As You Like It
One man. His Three lives. One city!

Amit is dead. Amit is alive. Amit the Superstar. Amit the failed actor. Is it many men or just one man at different times in different lives and a stranger to each life?
After 40 years, Amit wants to hark back to his youth and become a Bollywood hero. But Bombay is now Mumbai and he is no longer 20.
Does Amit have it in him to be the star of his own story? Rocky, his gorgeous looking flatmate, a struggling writer by day and bouncer by night, steps in as a messiah of sorts; along with a spoilt brat Disha, the daughter of a renowned movie producer, who is madly in love with Rocky and believes that all is fair in love and whatever she wants; and Sasha, Amit’s best friend forever, a hippie still stuck in the 70s era.
Chandni, the Bollywood siren of the 70s, is still the reigning queen of Amit’s heart. With Amit back in the same city, will there be a reunion of two lost souls from another time? Will Amit achieve his Bollywood dream? Will Rocky pen a blockbuster? Will Disha win her love?
‘The Stranger In Me’ - is an extraordinary tale of ordinary dreams, unfulfilled wishes, unrequited love and above all Bollywood!
About The Authors:
Neeta Shah, a qualified chartered accountant turned entrepreneur heads Pulp Fiction Entertainment, a successful marketing and strategy consultancy firm for Brands & Films in India.
Writing, an old hobby, resurfaced as she decided to pen the behind-the-scenes of Bollywood into her ‘factual, but fictionalized’ bestselling book of 2012, Bollywood Striptease.
She now brings to you her next book, a gripping tale titled A Stranger In Me.
Aditi Mediratta a recent graduate in filmmaking from Prague Film School, started her writing career as a crime reporter for India Today’s afternoon daily. She soon moved to writing screenplays for Bollywood films. Her first release as an associate writer was Once Upon A Time In Mumbai followed by The Dirty Picture.
A Stranger In Me, co-written with Neeta Shah, is her first outing as an author.
About Om Books International:
One of the largest English language trade publishers in the Indian subcontinent, Om Books International has been a name to reckon with for over five decades in the Indian publishing and retail industry. Headquartered in Noida, OBI has a diverse publishing list including cinema, biography, memoir, mind-body-spirit, photo essay, art, architecture, lifestyle, fiction — commercial and literary.
OBI has an equally strong and varied children's publishing programme under its imprint, OmKidz.